The Deputy Women Leader of the All Progressives Congress in Yobe State, Fatima Mairiga, has died after a brief illness.
PUNCH Online gathered that Mairiga died on Saturday in Kano, where she had reportedly been receiving medical treatment.
Her death was announced in a statement issued by the Press Secretary to the Yobe State Deputy Governor, Hussaini Suleh, who described the development as a great loss to the APC family in the state.
According to the statement, the APC chieftain died after a brief illness.
“The death has occurred of Hajiya Fatima Mairiga, Yobe State APC Deputy Women Leader, today in Kano after a brief illness,” the statement read.
Although the nature of her illness was not disclosed, her death has thrown family members, political associates and supporters into mourning.
The statement also announced that funeral prayers for the deceased would be held in Damaturu, the Yobe State capital, in
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